The Iraq War Explained

Mr. Beat tells the story of arguably the most controversial war in American history- the Iraq War.

This video has been heavily censored. For a less censored version:    • The Iraq War Explained (less censored)  

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Here's an annotated script with footnotes: docs.google.com/document/d/1SoGyb9gQ0YHAotREmz6QqY…

Sources/further reading:
To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq by Robert Draper
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
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Disarming Iraq by Hans Blix
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The American Pageant. (16th edition). Cengage Learning.
The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People (9th edition)
America Through the Lens (National Geographic)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09636412.2019…
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/why/s…
1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F202…
   • 60 Minutes' 2003 investigation of intellig...  
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
www.britannica.com/event/Iraq-War
www.pbs.org/newshour/show/perspectives-on-the-iraq…
   • Truth, War and Consequences (full document...  
www.npr.org/2023/02/03/1151160567/colin-powell-ira…
www.bbc.com/news/world-64914542
www.theguardian.com/world/2002/dec/20/iraq.foreign…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq
www.pbs.org/newshour/world/why-u-s-forces-remain-i…
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middl…

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:10 Causes of The Iraq War
12:22 What Went Down in The Iraq War
26:28 The Legacy of The Iraq Wa